James Roberts (1810-86)

James Roberts was born in Redruth, Cornwall. He entered the Arminian Bible Christian ministry in 1832 and joined himself to the Bible Christians in 1835. He served in several circuits in England before joining the mission to Australia in 1854, where he worked for sixteen years before returning to England.

Source: F. W Bourne, The Bible Christians - their Origin and History 1815-1900 (1905), 516-517 and Oliver Beckerlegge, United Methodist Ministers and their Circuits 1797-1932 (1968)